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Munseyella pseudobrevis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Pectocytheridae

Taxonomy
Munseyella pseudobrevis was named by Ayress (1995). Its type specimen is OU 40447, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is J40/f90 - McCulloch's Bridge [Ashley Mudstone], which is in an Eocene deep-water mudstone in the Ashley Mudstone Formation of New Zealand.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. africana, M. punctata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Munseyella pseudobrevis Ayress p. 916 figs. figs. 8.12-8.14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
superfamilyCytheraceaBaird 1850
familyPectocytheridaeHanai 1957
genusMunseyellavan Bold 1957
speciespseudobrevis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Munseyella pseudobrevis Ayress 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available